לָהַט
lâhaṭ · law-hat'
properly, to lick, i.e. (by implication) to blaze
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to lick, i.e. (by implication) to blaze
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: burn (up), set on fire, flaming, kindle.
Letters
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold › to surround and contain
Authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold that works to surround and contain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of לָהַט above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and set on fire1 · 8%
- kindleth1 · 8%
- even among them that are set on fire1 · 8%
- setteth1 · 8%
- on fire1 · 8%
- him, and burneth up1 · 8%
- a flaming1 · 8%
- burned up1 · 8%
- and it hath set him on fire1 · 8%
- hath burned1 · 8%
- burneth1 · 8%
- shall burn them up1 · 8%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.